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Table 1 Error values for biological and random codon usages

From: Do universal codon-usage patterns minimize the effects of mutation and translation error?

 

Archaea

Bacteria

Eukaryotes

Natural codon usages

67.7 ± 3.42

64.7 ± 1.77

63.8 ± 2.14

Codon permuted

52.4 ± 4.92

52.2 ± 5.15

52.7 ± 3.61

Codon random

52.6 ± 3.76

52.6 ± 3.47

52.4 ± 3.16

Amino acid permuted

61.6 ± 8.74

61.0 ± 6.95

61.1 ± 6.35

Amino acid random

61.0 ± 7.37

61.8 ± 6.96

61.7 ± 6.72

Positional base permuted

51.7 ± 6.49

52.3 ± 6.91

52.2 ± 5.44

Positional base random

52.1 ± 10.5

53.4 ± 12.6

52.1 ± 12.9

  1. Mean ± standard deviation for each set of codon usages. The natural codon usages invariably have higher error values and lower standard deviations than any of the random or randomized codon usages: this pattern is consistent for all three domains of life.
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